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There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately.
Bryan Burrough

Meaning of "intact" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INTACT

From Latin intactus not touched, from tangere to touch.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INTACT

intact  [ɪnˈtækt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTACT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intact is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INTACT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intact in the English dictionary

The definition of intact in the dictionary is untouched or unimpaired; left complete or perfect.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTACT


abstract
ˈæbstrækt
act
ækt
attract
əˈtrækt
backed
bækt
compact
kəmˈpækt
contact
ˈkɒntækt
contract
kənˈtrækt
exact
ɪɡˈzækt
extract
ɪkˈstrækt
fact
fækt
impact
ˈɪmpækt
interact
ˌɪntərˈækt
noncontact
ˌnɒnˈkɒntækt
packed
pækt
pentact
penˈtækt
precontact
priːˈkɒntækt
react
rɪˈækt
recontact
riːˈkɒntækt
stacked
stækt
tact
tækt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTACT

int
intactly
intactness
intagli
intagliated
intaglio
intake
intake valve
intangibility
intangible
intangible assets
intangible property
intangibleness
intangibles
intangibly
intarsia
integer
integrability
integrable
integral

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTACT

artifact
as a matter of fact
before the fact
distract
enact
environmental impact
eye contact
get in on the act
high-impact
in the abstract
matter of fact
matter-of-fact
outact
pact
question of fact
radio contact
subtract
tract
transact
urinary tract

Synonyms and antonyms of intact in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTACT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intact» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of intact

Translation of «intact» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTACT

Find out the translation of intact to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intact from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intact» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

完整无缺的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intacto
570 millions of speakers

English

intact
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बरकरार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سَلِيمٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нетронутый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intacto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অক্ষত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intact
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

utuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

intakt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

損なわれていない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원래대로의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Utuh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên vẹn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அப்படியே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अखंड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozulmamış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

integro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nietknięty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неушкоджений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intact
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άθικτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongeskonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intakt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intact

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTACT»

The term «intact» is very widely used and occupies the 13.327 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTACT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intact

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10 QUOTES WITH «INTACT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word intact.
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Kathleen Battle
How many of the original songs survive intact from the slave cabins? Probably not many in their original form. Time has transformed them like light in a prism. What we hope to present is a version of those spirituals, and they speak not just to black Americans, but to people worldwide.
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Martha Beck
Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.
3
Neill Blomkamp
There is something fundamentally fascinating about the mechanics, I guess, of the human body and where consciousness and mind exist, and what you can do with the mechanics of the body while keeping those intact, and where those two cross over.
4
Jordana Brewster
Even now that I'm married and 28, my room's still intact the way it was when I went to high school.
5
Warren Buffett
When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.
6
Bryan Burrough
There's always a slight tension when you sell a book to Hollywood, especially a nonfiction book. The author wants his story told intact; the nonfiction author wants it told accurately.
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Howard Carter
Here before us was sufficient evidence to show that it really was an entrance to a tomb, and by the seals, to all outward appearances that it was intact.
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Silvia Cartwright
Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.
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John Caudwell
I do want to keep the Wedgewood Collection in place, intact, and open to the public. Selling it off would be a real tragedy.
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Mitch Daniels
The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTACT»

Discover the use of intact in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intact and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shattered, Cracked, Or Firmly Intact?: Women and the ...
In Shattered, Cracked, or Firmly Intact?, Farida Jalalzai explores the patterns of women executive's paths, powers, and potential impacts, examining the global and national mechanisms that prevent women from attaining executive office.
Farida Jalalzai, 2013
2
The Intact and Sliced Brain
Connecting in vitro and in vivo studies of the mammalian brain.
Mircea Steriade, 2001
3
Spine Intact, Some Creases
Every penman-apprentice should read this book -- twice!? -- Robert Reginald
Victor J. Banis, 2012
4
Sweat: A Practical Plan for Keeping Your Heart Intact While ...
"Sweat." It took a lot of this sweat and time for the author to develop this plan to get her life back, to recover from being addicted to the addicts in her life.
Denise Krochta, 2010
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Quantitative Proteomic Method Development for the Analysis ...
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), the most common form of heart failure, is characterized by an increase heart size, a process known as cardiac remodeling.
Kelli Gail Kline, 2009
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Aging Gracefully with Dignity, Integrity and Spunk Intact: ...
".This book is the answer to my short, sharp "No, " I definitely do not think you are losing it," The questions becomes more paramount as the "Silver Generation" (a term I much prefer) enters into a world where the miracles of science, ...
Norma Roth, 2009
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Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain
Laterality Functional Asymmetry in the Intact Brain
M Bryden, 1982
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The Last Large Intact Forests in Northwest Russia: ...
The forests of Fennoscandia have been in human use for many purposes for centuries, and through the last decades industrialized and cultivated in a manner that can change their ecological function with respect to biodiversity at species and ...
Tor Kristian Spidsø, 2009
9
Understanding Differences Between Divorced and Intact ...
How do divorced and intact families differ?
Ronald L. Simons, 1996
10
Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery
This method provides desirable features from closed-cavity, intact-wall, and open -cavity techniques. Holmquist and Bergstrom J noted that the resultant reservoir of air after an IBM is smaller than that retained in intact-wall techniques, but most  ...
Rex S. Haberman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTACT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intact is used in the context of the following news items.
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Auction of Irish officer's first World War belongings, intact after 100 …
A collection of the personal belongings of an Irish officer in the British Army during the first World War has come to light in Co Meath and will be ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Beacon Hill leaders change their minds, keep corporate tax …
Beacon Hill leaders change their minds, keep corporate tax deduction intact. E-Mail. Share via e-mail. To. Add a message. Your e-mail. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
Fifty years after Satisfaction topped the charts, its power is intact
... ago Fifty years after Satisfaction topped the charts, its power is intact ... Fifty years after Satisfaction topped the charts, its power is intact ... «Waterloo Record, Jul 15»
4
Boeing Takes $536 Million Charge On Air Force Tanker, Says …
Boeing Takes $536 Million Charge On Air Force Tanker, Says Schedule Intact. Defense Daily | 07/17/2015 | Calvin Biesecker. For the second straight year, ... «Defense Daily Network, Jul 15»
5
Most Americans Would Keep Medicare, Medicaid Intact, Poll Finds
Most Americans Would Keep Medicare, Medicaid Intact, Poll Finds. Nearly 50 years after President Johnson signed the law that created them, ... «AJMC.com Managed Markets Network, Jul 15»
6
'NSCN (K) Zeliangrong Region still intact' : 18th jul15 ~ E-Pao …
Imphal, July 17 2015 : NSCN (K) Zeliangrong Region and its strength are still intact and that people of the region should not fall prey to the growing rumours that ... «E-Pao.net, Jul 15»
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Andrew Lynch: Bertie's Teflon coating remains intact as he sails …
"Never thought I'd end up here," was Bertie Ahern's rueful comment when he popped out of a cupboard in that infamous television ad for a ... «Herald, Jul 15»
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Froome emerges with lead intact from Pyrenees, leaving Alps as last …
Teenagers on horseback greet the riders in the breakaway group during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 195 ... «Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Jul 15»
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'Boys did top job to keep Froomey's lead intact' - Independent.ie
Alexis Roche – brother of Nicolas – leads the peloton during Stage 3 of the Junior Open Gallery 1 Alexis Roche – brother of Nicolas – leads the ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
10
House Committee to investigate Planned Parenthood's role in …
House Committee to investigate Planned Parenthood's role in obtaining intact fetal body parts, Senate committee asks for detailed records. «National Right to Life News, Jul 15»

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